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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health always takes safety first when it comes to vaccination against not only COVID-19 but also other diseases, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told the press on June 17. nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive , the biggest in the nation’s history, Long said it will be conducted in all localities with the deployment of mobile vaccination stations and application of information technology, and see the participation of all ministries and sectors.

He said the ministry has made a report to the Politburo and Government on the procurement of 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and on the conduction of the upcoming large-scale vaccination.

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Vientiane (VNA) – All people entering Laos, even those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, still have to follow preventive measures and quarantine for 14 days, announced the country’s Ministry of Health.

Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion under the Lao Ministry of Health , Phonepaseuth Ounaphom, said that as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not given any recommendations on reducing quarantine time, the country will continue to apply WHO’s current guidelines.

It means that Laos has not considered the implementation of the “vaccine passport”.

Meanwhile, people having received two COVID-19 vaccine shots in the country for at least one month are allowed to travel from Vientiane capital to other localities without a two-week quarantine.

According to the Health Ministry, Laos reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on June 18, including seven domestic ones detected in the capital city.

The national count reached 2,047, with three fatalities./.

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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed 121 new cases of COVID-19, including two imported ones, in the past six hours to 12 pm on June 18, according to the Health Ministry .

Among the 119 domestic infections, 59 were found in Ho Chi Minh City, 36 in Bac Giang, 12 in Binh Duong, ten in Bac Ninh, one in Hoa Binh, and one in Lao Cai. Of them, 110 were detected in quarantine or blocked areas.

So far, the country documented 10,755 domestic and 1,669 imported infections. The number of cases since the fourth wave of the pandemic began on April 27 was 9,185.

The ministry said as many as 4,653 patients have been given the all-clear so far, while the death toll remained at 61.

Among active patients under treatment at hospitals, 407 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 114 twice and 65 thrice.

Twenty-five provinces have gone through 14 days without detecting new cases. Since April 29, over 5.14 million people across the country have received COVID-19 testing.

More than 1.99 million vaccine doses have been injected to date, with 89,833 people fully vaccinated with two shots./.

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Hanoi (VNA) – A 71-year-old woman with underlying health condition in the southern province of An Giang has become the 62nd COVID-19 related death in Vietnam.

According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Subcommittee, the woman, who lives in Chau Thanh district, had contracted tuberculosis, suffered from high blood pressure and had been a type 2 diabetic for more than 10 years.

On June 2, the woman returned from Cambodia to Vietnam together with her daughter and grandchild via the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh, where they were all quarantined on arrival.

After testing positive for the coronavirus two days later, she was hospitalised at Ben Cau medical centre in a state of exhaustion and with chest pain.

Then, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis resulting from acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with COVID-19.

On June 11, the patient was put on mechanical ventilation and received intensive care, however, due to the rapid progression of the infection, worsening respiratory failure and underlying chronic health problems, she did not respond well to treatment and died on June 14.

As of noon on June 18, Vietnam has logged 10,755 domestic and 1,669 imported COVID-19 infections. The number of cases in the fourth COVID-19 wave is 9,185./.

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Hanoi (VNA) – The Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 26 confirmed the 45th COVID-19- related death – a 67-year-old female with serious underlying health conditions.

The patient, residing in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Thuan Thanh district, had a history of hypertension, radiation-induced hypothyroidism, diabetes, and obesity.

On May 11, she was admitted to the Thuan Thanh General Hospital and was isolated for pneumonia treatment.

One day later, she tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, then was transferred to the Bac Ninh General Hospital for further treatment.

Her conditions got worse on May 25, and he died later the same day due to septic shock and SARS-CoV-2-induced pneumonia with underlying conditions noted as hypertension, hypothyroidism, diabetes, and obesity.

Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 cases over the last 6 hours to 12:00 on May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971, according to the Ministry of Health./.

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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 cases over the last 6 hours to 12:00 pm May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971, according to the Ministry of Health.

The ministry said among the new patients, 27 were recorded in Bac Giang province, 6 in Hanoi, four in Bac Ninh province, and one each in Dien Bien and Hai Duong provinces, and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Kim Chung commune in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh.

The number of locally-transmitted and imported cases stood at 4,482, and 1,489, respectively.

The number of recoveries has reached 2,794, while the death toll stood at 44.

Among active patients, 70 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 41 twice and 69 thrice.

On May 26 morning, a special unit of the Ministry of Health coordinated with Bac Giang authorities to carry out quick tests for nearly 19,000 workers and people in the three areas hardest hit by COVID-19 in Viet Yen district, namely Nui Hieu, Trung Dong, Tam Tang.

According to Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology  Le Thi Quynh Mai, this quick test method gives results in 15 minutes with the accuracy of up to 70-75 percent./.

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